So I'm a little to far into my book to give a very good summary of what has happened because so much has happened. Basically, it tells the story of Henry Lee in 1986 and 1942, when he is an old man and when he is a boy. As a boy, he experiences the racism against Asians during WWII. He has a Japanese friend who is sent to "camp." As an adult, he discovers the belongings of many evacuated Japanese families in the basement of the Panama Hotel. He also deals with the death of his wife and his strained relationship with his son, Marty.
To be honest, it's all Marty. I like Henry and I think he tries to be a good father but Marty is just awful. He doesn't try to get to know his dad. In the chapter I'm reading, he comments on how extremely "Chinese" his father is, and how Henry doesn't except others especially Japanese. He then learns that Henry had a Japanese friend, but even then doesn't take all of Henry's words as fact. Marty is awful and I do not like him.
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Maddie
this book seems really sad and depressing, does it mean camps like death camps? Is it good anyway?
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